Thai PM sets poll timeframe

Thai PM sets poll timeframe


Thai PM sets poll timeframe

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:58 PM PDT

PM ready to dissolve parliament in September in bid to end political stand-off.


Suu Kyi's party 'to be dissolved'

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Myanmar opposition party says campaign will go on as it faces being disbanded.


Al Qaeda claims kidnap of French man in Niger: TV

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa wing claimed responsibility for kidnapping a French man last month in northern Niger, Al Jazeera television said on Thursday, citing a statement by the militant group's North Africa wing.


Tighter US security after NY plot

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT

The US has tightened its flying restrictions after Saturday's failed bomb attack on New York's Times Square.


Tighter US security after NY plot

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT

The US has tightened its flying restrictions after Saturday's failed bomb attack on New York's Times Square.


Fears of Greek contagion sweep global markets

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT

ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Greece's economic crisis sent shivers of fear through global markets on Thursday over concern it could spread like wildfire through Europe and beyond.


Russian warship frees hijacked tanker, no crew hurt

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian warship on Thursday freed a Russian-owned oil tanker that had been hijacked off the coast of Yemen, tanker owner Novorossiysk Shipping Company told Reuters.


UN backs 'nuclear-free' Middle East

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:22 PM PDT

Security Council "committed" to regional nuclear weapons-free zone.


Russian warship frees hijacked tanker, no one hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Reuters - A Russian warship on Thursday freed a Russian-owned oil tanker that had been hijacked off the coast of Yemen, tanker owner Novorossiysk Shipping Company told Reuters.


Nigeria mourns death of president Umaru Yar'Adua (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:04 PM PDT

Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua, pictured in 2007, has died, an official at his office has confirmed. The president of Africa's most populous nation died after more than five months of battling with a heart ailment.(AFP/Pool/File/Jose Cendon)AFP - Nigeria president Umaru Yar'Adua has died, leaving Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to take over in this oil-rich nation riven by often-violent religious and political divisions.



NATO soldier killed in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Taliban fighters pose with weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, August 19, 2009. REUTERS/StringerAP - NATO says an allied soldier has died following a small-arms attack in southern Afghanistan.



Oops, wrong house: Workmen dig up trees, then flee (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Peter Collard poses for a photo in his damaged yard in Brisbane, Australia Thursday, May 6, 2010. Two workmen who excavated the wrong front yard in Australia's eastern city of Brisbane fled after realizing their error, Collard said. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)AP - Two workmen used a backhoe to dig up grass, topsoil and 10 palm trees from an Australian front yard before realizing they were at the wrong address and fleeing, a homeowner said Thursday.



Hey Apple, Adobe's Got Your Flash Tablet Right Here

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:28 PM PDT

Of course, it's a prototype, and it crashes, and there's no word on when you can buy it.


North Korea's Kim likely visiting Great Wall in China

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, on a secrecy-shrouded trip to China that has drawn criticism from South Korea and Chinese web users, apparently left his state guesthouse lodgings on Thursday to make a trip to the Great Wall.


Thai protesters stay put, want more clarity from PM

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters refused to leave their Bangkok camp on Thursday, waiting for the prime minister to set a firm date for dissolving parliament, but an agreement to end two months of violent protests looked within reach.


No bomb found in truck on New York bridge - police

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - No bomb was found in a truck abandoned on New York City's Triborough Bridge on Wednesday night and the busy roads connecting the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx will reopen shortly, police said.


Magnitude 6.4 quake rattles S. Peru, N. Chile

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled southern Peru and northern Chile on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.


Lull before IPL storm as Modi gears for a fight (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:22 PM PDT

India is bracing for the next round of mudslinging in the Indian Premier League corruption scandal as the cricket tournament's chief Lalit Modi prepares to take on the establishment to save his job.(AFP/File)AFP - India is bracing for the next round of mudslinging in the Indian Premier League corruption scandal as the cricket tournament's chief prepares to take on the establishment to save his job.



23 dead, more than 160 injured in China tornado

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:16 PM PDT

BEIJING -At least 23 people were killed and more than 160 injured when a tornado struck China's southwestern mega-city of Chongqing Thursday, smashing homes and destroying crops, state media reported.

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Explosive traces found on sunken S.Korea warship: report

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:42 PM PDT

SEOUL -Traces of explosive from a torpedo have been found on debris from a sunken South Korean warship, a newspaper said Thursday, but the defence ministry denied the report.

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